New courses: Learn how to engage marginalized groups in participatory decision-making!
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Participatory and deliberative decision-making can have transformative impacts on historically marginalized groups, such as women, youth, and displaced people (including refugees, immigrants, and internally displaced people). Many programs, however, find it challenging to engage these communities.
Over the past two years, People Powered has worked with a coalition of 13 organizations from the Global South, with the support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), to develop resources to make participatory democracy more inclusive of youth, women and displaced people. We are now launching four new online courses to help you adopt best practices for improving the engagement of marginalized communities in your program!
The free, self-paced courses cover key aspects and strategies for the inclusion of marginalized groups for deepening democracy. They include four different courses that you can take according to your needs.
How to engage marginalized groups in participatory programs? Explore the main barriers and strategies to include diverse groups in the processes.
How to engage displaced people in participatory programs? Learn strategies to include displaced people in participatory and deliberative processes.
How to engage youth in participatory programs? Learn strategies to include youth in participatory and deliberative processes.
How to engage women in participatory programs? Learn strategies to include women in participatory and deliberative processes.
Who is this training for?
Government officials, policymakers and staff who want to engage or better engage marginalized communities in participatory decision-making.
Civil society organizations and non-governmental organizations staff who want to engage or better engage marginalized communities in participatory decision-making.
Advocates, innovators, community leaders and political party officials who want to promote equity and inclusion in democratic practices.
Anyone interested in best practices for the inclusion of marginalized groups.
What will you learn in each course?
Recognize the key barriers to and importance of building an inclusive democracy for marginalized groups and ensuring that participatory and deliberative processes are inclusive.
Design strategies to include marginalized groups in participatory and deliberative programs based on their needs and the context of the present day.
Explore best practices and resources for including marginalized groups in participatory and deliberative programs in diverse regions and languages.
Evaluating the success of implemented practices, sharing knowledge and training others.
How will you learn?
The training is free and self-paced, and is hosted on the People Powered Learning Management system that features instructional videos, quizzes and assignments, and dedicated discussion forums for you to learn from peers.
Are you developing a participatory or deliberative program? If so, the courses also guide you on how to use the Participation Playbook, our interactive online tool, to create an action plan that integrates the key strategies.
What to do
Enroll in the online training, and start taking the units today.
Apply for our mentorship and accelerator programs to get expert human support as you take the online training.
Contact us about partnership ideas to use the online training to support your regional or global programs, members, or grantees.
